The terms related to the protection of intellectual property rights, as well as the procedures for acquiring these rights, are suspended for the duration of martial law, such a law On the protection of interests in the field of intellectual property during martial law (No. 7228) was adopted by the Verkhovna Rada 1 April, with … Read more
The Verkhovna Rada adopted at a first reading bill No. 7232, which provides for the application of a coefficient of 1.5 to the rates of corporate income tax, environmental tax, royalty and property tax for companies that refuse to leave the Russian market. A total of 309 MPs backed the bill at the first reading … Read more
Eurobonds of Ukraine on Tuesday rose by an average of 14.4% on news of the results of negotiations between Kyiv and Moscow in Istanbul: if securities maturing in 2023 and 2024 grew in price by 10.6% to 12.5%, then growth prices of shorter and longer ones reached 17.2% and 16.6%, respectively. According to Bloomberg at … Read more
The total damage from the war, including future periods, reaches a trillion dollars. This was stated by Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal in an interview with Interfax-Ukraine. He also noted that the contraction of the Ukrainian economy in the month of full-scale war is estimated at 35% and above. “We see that now when the hostilities … Read more
Ukraine continues to carefully fulfill its debt obligations, has created a Debt Management and Redemption Fund, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal has said. “Ukraine has always carefully fulfilled its obligations. This is the image of the state. On March 1, the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine made a coupon payment in the amount of $292 million … Read more
Ukrainian Minister of Finance Serhiy Marchenko denies any talks on debt restructuring and notes that state debt payments in March and April are feasible for Ukraine. “At this stage, we are not talking about restructuring,” he said in an interview with Lb.ua published on Monday. “We want to be responsible towards them and do not … Read more
The liquidity of the banking system (in the form of balances on correspondent accounts and in deposit certificates of the National Bank of Ukraine) is about UAH 190 billion, or 3.5 times more than the norm, which is enough to fulfill the payment orders of customers, Head of the NBU Council Bohdan Danylyshyn said. “It … Read more
Ukraine will continue to transit Russian natural gas as long as it is technically possible, but proposes to freeze funds from its sale on escrow accounts until the withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukraine, head of the board of NJSC Naftogaz Ukrainy Yuriy Vitrenko said to Bloomberg. “At the moment, it has been decided that … Read more
Synchronization of the Integrated Power System (IPS) of Ukraine with European ENTSO-E will increase the capacity of power lines between Ukraine and Europe up to 5 GW, Minister of Energy Herman Haluschenko said in his column “Energy visa-free regime. United front with Europe” in Ukrainska Pravda on Saturday. “There are a number of technological initiatives … Read more
The government of Ukraine has worked out solutions for a complete reset of customs, which will make it possible to facilitate and speed up the import of goods necessary for defense and people as much as possible, President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a video message on Saturday night. “Cargo for our defense, for our people … Read more